Jet stop over NSA leaker Edward Snowden angers Bolivia

Morales' plane forced to land in Austria to search for ex-contractor

10:32 PM,
Jul. 3, 2013

Bolivia's president left Europe for home on Wednesday amid diplomatic drama after his flight was rerouted and delayed overnight in Austria, allegedly because of suspicion he was trying to spirit NSA leaker Edward Snowden to Latin America.

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Kim Hjelmgaard | USA TODAY

Bolivia has called a decision by European authorities to force a jet carrying President Evo Morales to land in Austria and undergo a search for former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden an "act of aggression."

The plane carrying Morales departed Europe for Bolivia on Wednesday after being diverted to Vienna over suspicions it was carrying NSA leaker Snowden, but Austria's deputy chancellor confirmed Wednesday that Snowden was not on the plane.

Morales had been flying back to Bolivia from Moscow, where he was attending a summit on gas. Snowden is thought to be at Moscow's ...